Equilibrium on a Traffic Corridor with Several Congested Modes

Philippe Jehiel ()

Transportation Science, 1993, vol. 27, issue 1, 16-24

Abstract: This paper examines the user equilibrium on a traffic corridor with several congested modes, a continuum of entry points and a single exit point. The approach taken is in the spirit of Beckmann et al. (1956) since it exploits the equivalence between the user equilibrium problem and a minimization problem. It is shown that this equivalence can be derived from a general economic principle due to Pigou (1950) that “If people are forced through taxes to pay the social costs of their actions, they act optimally.” The paper also demonstrates a set of conditions under which efficiency can be achieved by the application of only a gasoline tax on auto travel.

Date: 1993
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